The Mail-Journal, Volume 17, Number 43, Milford, Kosciusko County, 12 November 1980 — Page 2
THE MAIL-JOURNAL —Wed., November 12,1980
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Endorse Fithian, but — Tippecanoe Township votes Republican
When the 2,149 voters from Tippecanoe Township went to the polls on Tuesday they cast ballots not unlike their fellow Lakeland residents as they Voted strong Republican. There were 773 persons voting a straight Republican ticket and 333 persons voting a straight Democratic ticket. In precinct one Ronald Reagan received 299 votes or 62.7 per cent of the votes cast on the presidential ballot. He received 379 votes (69.4% )in precinct two, 565 votes (65.6%) in precinct three and 134 (57.3%) in precinct four. President Jimmy Carter received 143 votes (30%) in precinct one, 140 votes (25.6%) in precinct two, 255 votes (29.6%) in precinct three and 84 votes (35.9%) in precinct four. Independent John Anderson received 31 votes (6.5%( IN precinct one, 18 votes (3.3%) in precinct two, 35 votes (4.1%) in precinct three and 10 votes (4.3%) in precinct four. Area resident Charles Brower, Republican for surveyor, c received 341 of 482 votes in ' precinct one, 436 of 554 votes in
Pct. Pct. Pct. Pct. PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT 12 3 4 Reagan and Bush (R) 299 379 565 134 Carter and Mondale (D) 143 140 255 84 Greaves and Vamum (A) 0 1 1.2 Clark and Koch (L) 2 6 5 4 Hall and Davis (C) 0 0 0 0 De Berry and Zimmerman (S) 0 0 0 0 Anderson and Lucey (I) 31 18 35 10 Commoner and Harris (C) 2 2 0 0 USSENATOR Quayle (R) 297 378 543 127 Bayh(D) 175 164 315 106 GOVERNOR AND LT. GOV. Orr and Mutz (R) 293 367 556 149 Hillenbrand and Peterson (D> 174 172 293 80 Artist and Gephart (A) 4 5 3 3 ATTORNEY GENERAL Pearson (R) 293 358 529 141 Webster (D> 158 166 307 85 SUPT. PUBLIC INSTRUCTION Negley (R) 285 360 529 129 Loughlin (D) 149 144 277 83 Patterson (A) 21 20 26 10 REPORTER. SUPREME COURT. COURTOFAPPEALS Wertzler(R) 304 371 551 137 Senegal (D) 149 148 278 87 REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS Niemeyer (R) 231 275 400 » 95 Fithian (D) 241 270 453 138 STATE SENATOR (13th district) Augsburger (R) 297 391 559 142 Cogan (D) 161 142 277 80 STATE REPRESENTATIVE Mauzy(R) 263 355 529 132 Garrison (D) 178 170 295 90 JUDGE. CIRCUIT COURT Sand(R) 336 425 639 169 JUDGE. COUNTY COURT Jarrette (R) 339 424 625 166 CLERK. CIRCUIT COURT Messmore(R) 333 429 639 172 TREASURER Patterson (R) 335 425 623 167 CORONER Eastlund (R) 343 439 650 175 COUNTY SURVEYOR Brower (R) 341 436 639 176 COMMISSIONER. NORTH DIST. Dorsey (R) ’ . 339 433 630 170 COMMISSIONER. MIDDLE DIST. Gilliam (R) » 329 423 626 166 COUNTY COUNCILMAN (3 to be elected) Anglin (R) 320 415 598 158 Sharp (R) 314 408 619 160 Dalton (R) 310 409 601 161 JUDICIAL OFFICES SUPREME COURT Yes/No Yes/No Yes/No Yes/No Pivarnik 130/98 177/109 259/151 73/50 COURT OF APPEALS Chipman. 151/82 194/97 280/136 77/39 Miller 154/79 190/100 278/130 84/35 Young 147/80 193/101 278/128 80/36 LAKELAND SCHOOL BOARD Payne (Dist. 1) 313 340 474 149 Little (Dist. 3) 135 187 230 69 Redslob (Dist. 3) ; 84 95 124 30
APC denies — (Continued from page 1) The board also questioned the expense of providing public services and utilities to an isolated subdivision in the middle of farm land. Bucher said there is already electric and telephone service in that area due to the nearness of Maple Leaf Farms, Inc. The board’s split vote resulted in a no-action vote with board members Jerry Grady, Ron Baumgartner and Chairman Vic Virgil voting against rezoning. Board members Don Ahrns, Steve Butt and Dee Stiver voted in favor. The case was tabled until next month’s meeting. The commission reconsidered a zoning recommendation made September 3. The petition, submitted by Stephen Crow, requests 7.54 acres be rezoned from a residential district to a commercial district. The property is located on the north side of Elm Street, east of SR 13 in Syracuse. The petition originally ap- > peared before the APC two months ago and was approved. It was then forwarded to the Syracuse Town Board for final approval. However, several persons present at the Syracuse Town Board meeting felt they had not be given enough notice of the APC’s public hearing. According to Butt, a Syracuse Town Board trustee, some adjacent property owners received notice the morning of the hearing. The town board returned the recommendation to the APC for further consideration in order to give Syracuse townspeople another opportunity to voice objections. There were no remonstrators
precinct two, 639 of 877 votes in precinct three and 176 of 236 votes in precinct four. Gerald A. Eastlund, North Webster mortician, received 343 of 482 votes in one, 439 of 554 votes in two, 650 of 877 votes in three and 175 of 236 votes in four in his bid for county coronr. Eastlund is a Republican. Maurice Dorsey, who resides on a farm between North Webster and Syracuse, sought re-election to the post of commissioner from the northern district. The Republican received 339 of 482 in precinct one, 433 of 554 votes in two, 630 of 877 votes in three and 170 of 236 votes in four. North Webster businessman John B. Augsburger received 297 of 482 votes in precinct one, 391 of 554 votes in two, 559 of 877 votes in three and 142 of 236 votes in four as he sought to be re-elected to the post of state senator. Augsburger, a Republican, was re-elected. In the school board election North Webster resident and businessman Philip R. Payne received 313 of 482 votes in «recinct one, 340 of 554 votes in vo, 474 of 877 votes in three and 149 of 236 votes in four.
at Wednesday’s hearing and the APC again voted to recommend rezoning. Rezoning Approved Fairmont Homes received approval for a petition to rezone 4.37 acres in Jefferson Township from an agricultural district to a residential district. The property is located on the north side of CR 1350 N and 1,800 feet east of SR 19. According to Bob Reed, representing Fairmont Homes, the property is already being used as residential even though it is still zoned agricultural. He said Fairmont Homes went before the Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) to be relieved of conforming to set back requirements on agriculturally zoned land. The BZA denied the request, feeling the petitioner had not shown evidence of hardship. Fairmont Homes then petitioned the APC to have the property rezoned. No remonstrators were present and the board voted to approve the rezoning. Represented by Burt Reitz, Lundy Stoller’s petition to rezone 1.83 acres from an agricultural to a residential district also met with approval by the APC. The property is located in Tippecanoe Township on the north side of Lakeshore Drive, 700 feet west of Irish Road. No remonstrators were present. Other Business In other action, the board approved the final plat of C. T. Realty for South Shore Green in Turkey Creek Township and denied a vacation request by William and Maxine Surfus. The couple had petitioned the board to vacate a portion of a public easement located at the end of East Channel Road and 1,420 feet north of CR 600 S in Maple Grove Beach Addition in Monroe Township. A vacation petition, submitted
by M. Russell Fahl, to vacate a 158-foot public easement south of Milford was tabled until next month's meeting, because no one was present to represent the case. The easement is located on the north side of Charles Bird Lane, 350 feet west of Old State Road. In final business, the board listened to Jim Peters from the United States Geological Survey (USGS). He explained the USGS is conducting a water study survey of the Saint Joseph River basin, part of which includes northern Kosciusko County. According to Peters, the USGS will cooperate with the Indiana State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) in investigating the effects of irrigation on water quality, flooding, ground water and lakes. He pointed out the purpose of the survey is not to solve problems, but to identify problems. He asked the board for possible problems the survey should investigate. “We re trying to get some feedback from the communities,” Peters explained. The APC suggested the “USGS and DNR look into the cleaning of Turkey Creek. The next regular meeting of the Kosciusko County Area Plan Commission will be Wednesday, Dec. 3, at 1 p.m. in the countycourthouse. Replacement — (Continued from page 1) the frozen tax levy, since it has recently incorporated newly annexed areas. The board hopes most of the 1981 budget will be restored at the Indianapolis hearing. “I want to compliment the police department,” stated Mrs. Treesh. “We drove through town late at night on Halloween and saw no signs of vandalism. I think they did a super job and we have super kids in this town." Other Business Conley requested the board hire a man to help with snow removal. The board decided to table the matter until a later time. Board trustee Steve Miller announced Ron Davidhizer of Goshen has been notified to clean up and repair his property located on the corner of Fourth and Schafer Streets in Milford. Conley was asked to look into purchasing salt for winter and was instructed to have the salt spreader repaired and sand blasted. The board also voted for Mrs. Lozano to attend a seminar in Warsaw on improving managerial skills this week. The next regular meeting of the Milford Town Board will be Monday, Dec. 8, at 7:30 p.m. at the Milford Town Hall. Impasse — (Continued from page 1) for other employees, and other increased costs of operation. The Corporation would be required to quickly use up its operating balance to meet these other needs. Within two years, it would be in a severe position of deficit financing. C. Recommendation Provide a 9.5% salary schedule increase, plus increment.., This recommendation would provide increases in teacher salary compensation from $1,237.00, including increment, (11.79%), for a teacher with a Bachelor degree and one year of experience, to $2,200.00, including increment, (11.83%), for a teacher moving to the top of the schedule. (SEE APPENDIX A FOR A COPY OF THE RECOMMENDED SALARY SCHEDULE.) As both parties indicated an interest in making a transition to a school year salary schedule, the following salary schedule is recommended for the second year. Provide a 5.0% salary schedule increase, effective with the beginning of the school year 19811982. This increase represents the equivalent of a 9.1% schedule increase if the 9.1% increase were not to take effect until January, 1982. (SEE APPENDIX B FOR A COPY OF THE RECOMMENDED SALARY SCHEDULE.) If additional revenues come to the Corporation in 1982, from the State in the form of the basic grant or other monies that the State may so designate for similar use in the general fund, or from changes in the local levy, over what the current state grant and levy increases provide, ($466,000.00) then 60% of such additional revenues over $466,000.00, would be added to this recommendation. Such additional money can be added onto the recommended salary schedule, or into any existing employer contribution towards insurance, as the teachers may designate. To summarize this recommendation, the teachers would receive a 9.5% salary schedule increase in January, 1981, and approximately eight months later would receive another salary schedule increase of 5.0% plus increment, representing the equivalent of a 9.1% calendar year to calendar year increase. In other words, if no increase were to take effect in September, 1981, (other than increment), teachers would
require a 9.1% increase in January, 1982, to equal an increase after only nine months of 5.0%. Additional increases would be added onto this second year increase if more money from the State legislature or through the tax levy is projected to be received by the Corporation over the sum of $460,000.00. Projections are to be based on any revised school aid formula, or changes in the levy. D. Rationale The recommended salary schedule is competitive to many settlements in both neighboring and state wide school corporations, many of which have received a comparable amount of new revenues to the Lakeland Community School Corporation. The cost of this proposal is approximately $290,000.00, or 62.23% of the $466,000.00, in new revenue. While 62.23% of new revenues is a larger proportion of new monies going to teachers than historical percentages of the budget that have been devoted to teacher salaries in the Corporation, 62.23% is competitive to many of the settlements that have been agreed to throughout the State this year. Many of these other corporations are nowanticipating a possible shortfall of excise revenues also, but have still reached such settlements with teachers without causing any undue budgeting problems. As explained previously, if such shortfalls of excise tax do occur, they can very possibly be replaced by some other unanticipated revenues. If not, the operating balance can provide a sufficient and safe cushion without threatening the integrity of the financial position of the Corporation. For years, the Corporation has maintained a sound financial position, and there is no reason that such a status won’t continue. Additional costs that the Corporation may claim to experience, such as adding staff and inflationary costs of operation (which all corporations experience), can be funded out of such budgetary modifications as staffing changes during the year, unanticipated revenues, and by maintaining a closer and more realistic check on excessive expenditures than is evident in the current budget of the Corporation. The fact-finder believes, having reviewed the testimony and documents introduced both during the hearing and in post fact-finding briefs, that the Lakeland Community School Corfioration is in a sound fiscal position, and can fund this salary recommendation, as well as the recommended increases in* insurance which follow, without jeopardizing the financial stability of the Corporation. 1. b. andc. Insurance and Sick Leave Bank A. Positions of the Parties The Corporation proposes no increases in the current employer contribution to health insurance, but does propose to provide a $10,000.00, term life insurance policy, with the employer paying the entire premium minus SI.OO per teacher. The Corporation also proposes to pay $50.00, towards the cost per teacher of a long term disability program if the Association will accept a two year contract on language with reopener language on salary, insurance and extra duty pay. The Corporation would also agree to the establishment of a sick leave bank, as part of a two year contract. The Association proposes that the Corporation pay the full premium of the single and family plans of the health insurance plan, minus SI.OO, per teacher, and also proposes that the Corporation pay the full premium of a $20,000.00, term life insurance policy, with the employer paying the entire premium minus SI.OO, per teacher. The Association also proposes the addition of a long term disability income policy, which the Corporation would pay for, minus SI.OO, per person. Finally, the Association proposes the establishment of a sick leave bank. B. Issue Analysis Premiums of the health plan are not expected to increase during the next year. The current premiums are $292.00, for the single plan, and $739.00, for the family plan. The Corporation’s contibution already covers the entire cost of the single plan, and provides $700.00, towards the cost of the $739.00, family plan. The increased cost of providing the full premium, minus SI.OO, of the insurance plan would be $3,762.00. There is currently no life insurance policy in the contract. The cost of the Corporation’s life insurance proposal is $4,980.00, and the cost of the Association’s life insurance proposal is $8,000.00. The cost of the Corporation’s long term disability proposal, as tied into a two year contract, is $8,500.00. The cost of the Association’s proposal is $13,819.00. C. Recommendation Increase the employer contribution for the family plan of the health insurance to $738.00. Maintain the current coverage of the single plan. This will result in the Corporation paying the full
cost of the health plan per employee, minus SI.OO. If the recommendation on the second year of the salary schedule is accepted by both parties, then the fact-finder would recommend that the Association's proposal of a $20,000.00, life insurance policy be adopted during the first year of the contract. If however, the parties do not accept the second year recommendation, and decide instead to leave the subsequent year’s salary schedule unsettled, then the factfinder would recommend that the Corporation’s proposal of a $10,000.00, life insurance policy be adopted. Similarly, if the two year salary recommendation is accepted, the fact-finder would also recommend that the employer contribute $50.00, per teacher, to the cost of a long term disability policy in the first year. If the second year recommended salary schedule is not accepted, then the fact-finder would not recommend the addition of a long term disability plan. A sick leave bank would not be as necessary if a long term disability policy were provided. However, if the parties decide not to agree to a second year salary schedule, and a long term disability policy is subsequently not added as a new benefit, then a sick leave bank could help to provide for such protection at a small cost. Under such circumstances, the fact-finder would recommend the creation of a sick leave bank, with the teachers who decide to become members of the making the necessary contribution of sick leave days. Procedures for the operation of the bank should be negotiated, and a joint Corporation/Teacher committee should „ oversee the administration of the bank and its procedures. As the bank is created from the contribution of unused teacher sick leave days, and as both parties would be involved in negotiating the procedures of the sick leave bank, the teachers should constitute a majority of the Corporation/Teacher administrative committee, with three Corporation appointees and four Teacher appointees (or a similar ratio). D. Rationale The increased employer contribution to the family health insurance is a small cost increase, and a tax sheltered benefit improvement for teachers. The life insurance proposal provides for updating the benefit package of teachers to be more competitive with surrounding school corporations. The greater improvements recommended during the first year in life insurance and long term disability is made as part of a two year economic package which has benefits for both parties and which is fundable by the Corporation. 2. Term (Duration) of Contract A. Positions of the Parties The Corporation suggests that a multi-year contract would be to the mutual benefit of both parties. However, the Corporation proposes a multiyear contract on language only, providing reopeners on salary, insurance, and extra curricular items. The Corporation states that the reopeners are due to uncertainty of the economy and future Corporation revenues. The Association proposes moving from a salary which takes effect on January 1, of each year, to a school year salary schedule. Therefore. the Association proposes that this contract terminate on June 31, 1981. B. Issue Analysis Both parties indicated either a desire or willingness to try to convert from a calendar year to a school year salary schedule. Therefore, the fact-finder has recommended a salary schedule which would take effect on January, 1981, and be replaced by a new schedule, to take effect with the beginning of the 19811982 school year. By providing a minimum base which reflects a 9% annualized increase (but occurring within only 8 months), the fact-finder has proposed a settlement based upon current revenue patterns. If the revenue increases, the proposed second year settlement would be increased by 60% of the additional revenue. The first year economic recommendations are also tied into a two year economic package. If, however, the parties cannot agree to a second year salary settlement at this time, then the fact-finder has also recommended the elements that would constitute only a one year economic package. C. Recommendation The term of contract should begin on January 1,1981, and end on June 31,1982. A two year economic package is recommended. However, should the parties prefer, and decide to settle on a one year economic settlement, then the term of contract should run through December 31, 1981. The parties can attempt to negotiate a return to a school year contract next year for the following year, but the fact-finder does not believe that recommending a six month contract provides for stability in the bargaining relationship. The best contract for both parties would be a multiyear agreement without
reopeners. In the absence of a multi-year contract, then a one year contract would promote the
APPENDIX A Recommended Salary Schedule — January 1981 BiSi M.S. 11.487 o 12,231 11,727 1 12,618 11968 2 13,004 12 209 3 13,391 121450 4 13,777 121691 5 14,164 121932 6 14.550 131173 » 1 . 7 ! 14,937 131414 8 15.323 13,655 9 15,710 13 896 10 16,097 141136 11 16,483 14,377 12 16,870 14,618 13 — 17,256 14,859 14 17,643 15,100 15 18.029 15,341 16 18,416 15,341 17 18,802 15,341 18 19,189 15,582 — 19 19.575 15,823 20 19,962 16,064 21 20.348 16,305 22 Or 22 Plus 20.783 APPENDIX B Recommended Salary Schedule — July 1,1981 S B.S. M.S. 12,061 0 12,843 12,313 -1 13.249 12,566 2 13,654 12.819 3 14,061 13,073 4 14.466 13,326 5 14,872 13,579 6 15,278 13.832 7 15,684 14,085 8 16,089 14,338 . 9 16,496 14,591 10 16,902 14,843 11 17,307 15,096 12 17,714 15,349 13 18.119 15.602 14 18,525 15,855 15 18.930 16.108 16 19,337 16.108 to 17 19,742 16.108 ' 18 20,148 16.361 19 20,554 16,614 20 20,960 16,867 21 21,365 17,120 22 or 22 Plus 21,822
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